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Departmental Research and Development

Volume 454: debated on Monday 4 December 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proportion of his Department's research and development budget has been spent on research establishments based in (a) Wales, (b) England, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. (106880)

The following table shows the Research Councils’ total expenditure on all establishments in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and their expenditure on their Institutes in each of the last five years. All figures are in £000.

Research Councils UK regional spend

£000

FY

England

Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland

Overseas

International subscriptions

Central expenditure

2005-06

1,801,696

219,744

48,207

10,275

23,881

233,005

141,447

Of which:

Spent in Research Council Institutes

671,444

61,952

8,538

1,378

21,049

2004-05

1,532,191

200,685

42,241

8,200

17,672

228,975

99,848

Of which:

Spent in Research Council Institutes

570,223

57,301

7,012

1,174

15,008

2003-04

1,445,272

178,188

40,020

6,308

13,545

211,215

114,040

Of which:

Spent in Research Council Institutes

584,901

53,542

6,676

608

12,959

2002-03

1,413,592

161,718

44,959

5,598

12,790

142,654

104,287

Of which:

Spent in Research Council Institutes

511,541

43,367

7,003

569

12,664

2001-02

1,332,128

162,134

39,787

8,709

13,985

116,453

93,469

Of which:

Spent in Research Council Institutes

500,068

43,952

5,581

592

13,824

Note: Figures for FY 2005-06 are provisional, and include, for the first time, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, which was created on 1 April 2005.